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NCT04361253: (ESCAPE)
Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Antibody-containing Plasma thErapy
Phase 3 trial testing High-Titer COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma (HT-CCP) in COVID in 45 participants. Terminated before completion.
1 April 2021
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Brigham and Women's Hospital |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 3 |
| Status | Terminated |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 45 |
| Start date | 30 April 2020 |
| Primary completion | 1 April 2021 |
| Estimated completion | 30 June 2021 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- High-Titer COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma (HT-CCP) — full drug profile →
- Standard Plasma (FFP) — full drug profile →
Conditions studied
- COVID — all drugs for COVID →
- Infectious Disease — all drugs for Infectious Disease →
Sponsor
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Who can join
12 Months and older, any sex, with COVID or Infectious Disease. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
In this study, investigators will determine whether the early addition of HT-CCP to standard treatment improves the clinical outcome (as assessed by the Modified WHO Ordinal Scale) of patients with COVID-19 who are hospitalized but not yet in moderate or severe ARDS.
Publications & conference data
8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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An update on drugs with therapeutic potential for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) treatment.
Drożdżal S, Rosik J, Lechowicz K, Machaj F, et al · · 2021 · cited 186× · PMID 34991982 · DOI 10.1016/j.drup.2021.100794 -
Convalescent plasma or hyperimmune immunoglobulin for people with COVID-19: a living systematic review.
Piechotta V, Chai KL, Valk SJ, Doree C, et al · · 2020 · cited 148× · PMID 32648959 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd013600.pub2 -
Convalescent plasma or hyperimmune immunoglobulin for people with COVID-19: a living systematic review.
Piechotta V, Iannizzi C, Chai KL, Valk SJ, et al · · 2021 · cited 106× · PMID 34013969 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd013600.pub4 -
Convalescent Plasma Therapy for COVID-19: State of the Art.
Focosi D, Anderson AO, Tang JW, Tuccori M. · · 2020 · cited 88× · PMID 32792417 · DOI 10.1128/cmr.00072-20 -
COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma and Clinical Trials: Understanding Conflicting Outcomes.
Focosi D, Franchini M, Pirofski LA, Burnouf T, et al · · 2022 · cited 79× · PMID 35262370 · DOI 10.1128/cmr.00200-21 -
Treatment of COVID-19 with convalescent plasma: lessons from past coronavirus outbreaks.
Wooding DJ, Bach H. · · 2020 · cited 55× · PMID 32791241 · DOI 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.08.005 -
Passive Immunotherapy Against SARS-CoV-2: From Plasma-Based Therapy to Single Potent Antibodies in the Race to Stay Ahead of the Variants.
Strohl WR, Ku Z, An Z, Carroll SF, et al · · 2022 · cited 31× · PMID 35476216 · DOI 10.1007/s40259-022-00529-7 -
Cancer, immune suppression and Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19): Need to manage drug safety (French Society for Oncology Pharmacy [SFPO] guidelines).
Slimano F, Baudouin A, Zerbit J, Toulemonde-Deldicque A, et al · · 2020 · cited 29× · PMID 32623296 · DOI 10.1016/j.ctrv.2020.102063
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04361253 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Last refreshed: 13 August 2021
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